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Bomb Cyclone Batters Northern U.S. With Heavy Snow, Arctic Cold and Power Outages

Life‑threatening wind chills prompt warnings, with widespread outages reported in Michigan.

Overview

  • More than 120,000 households lost electricity at times as fallen trees and damaged lines hampered repairs, and utilities cautioned that some outages could persist.
  • New York declared an emergency and officials across the Northeast urged residents to avoid nonessential travel as extreme conditions continued.
  • Up to 60 centimeters of new snow were reported in places, and hurricane‑force gusts drove Great Lakes waves to roughly six meters.
  • Air travel was severely disrupted, with thousands of flights canceled or delayed across multiple hubs.
  • Roads became treacherous across several states, leading to numerous crashes, including at least one fatal collision.